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the government in kiev isn't. and of course there's no decision god made yet there's no decision made of course they've made it very very clear that there's no decision as to whether those troops will be deployed but your thoughts if they were to be deployed what sort of impact could that have on the situation. i think that in the crimea it will probably stabilize is the point to make about this particular resolution is that he's not in fact just confined to the crimea it's it's about the ukraine in general and we just have to wait and see what would happen what will happen in the rest of the ukraine there's been a great deal of disturbances in the eastern ukraine but in the crimea itself i think essentially it's an accomplished fact the crimea is not a bearing decisions and here it would require force here to bring the crimea to heel and russian intervention there would prevent that and would stabilize the situation apart from any form of intervention by force or the presence of troops is there any political way
the government in kiev isn't. and of course there's no decision god made yet there's no decision made of course they've made it very very clear that there's no decision as to whether those troops will be deployed but your thoughts if they were to be deployed what sort of impact could that have on the situation. i think that in the crimea it will probably stabilize is the point to make about this particular resolution is that he's not in fact just confined to the crimea it's it's about the...
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we have phil in kiev, and how did this play in kiev? right now, it is close to 7:00 in the evening there. >> to get out into kiev, and certainly onto the streets of independence square here, i have to say -- i cannot think of a moment in time where a flashpoint situation has called upon the heads of state of two nations, and also their chief diplomat, all speaking about the same issue on the same day. we have seen the president of the united states, the president of russia, the secretary of state, and the russian foreign minister speaking all on one day, all talking about one issue, and i think it's important to make note of that. because it clearly shows how very important these two nations anhere in ukraine, with these vy important and very powerful nations all talking about the same thing. i find it absolutely extraordinary. >> phil in kiev, and these are the images, by the way, of russian troops that vladimir putin said earlier today said did not exist in ukraine. i want to play what he reported earlier this morning, said that the w
we have phil in kiev, and how did this play in kiev? right now, it is close to 7:00 in the evening there. >> to get out into kiev, and certainly onto the streets of independence square here, i have to say -- i cannot think of a moment in time where a flashpoint situation has called upon the heads of state of two nations, and also their chief diplomat, all speaking about the same issue on the same day. we have seen the president of the united states, the president of russia, the secretary...
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a lot of people talk with alarm about kiev. they've been watching russian television, telling them that fascists are coming down to attack them here. they say they're happy the russian forces are here to protect them. i think a pro-russian sentiment with flags flying. they were giving out the russian anthem today outside of city hall. >> phil ittner outside of the capitol of kiev. phil, there have been brave words of defiance from elected officials. but are people starting to feel like crimea has slipped through their fingers, that this is over? >> well, as far as crimea is concerned i think they have. it's a bitter pill to swallow for people here in kiev, but it's de facto and already happened. what has people more concerned is not the peninsula. they're convinced that russia has grander designs in the east of the country where there are a lot more russian ethnic russians who speak russian and have ties to the russian federation. the the feeling here in kiev is that russia will try to take that part of the country as well. we'
a lot of people talk with alarm about kiev. they've been watching russian television, telling them that fascists are coming down to attack them here. they say they're happy the russian forces are here to protect them. i think a pro-russian sentiment with flags flying. they were giving out the russian anthem today outside of city hall. >> phil ittner outside of the capitol of kiev. phil, there have been brave words of defiance from elected officials. but are people starting to feel like...
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phil ittner is in kiev focussing on that part of the story. >> here in kiev there's a sense of anxiety. people are concerned about what is happening in the east of the country in the crimean peninsula, but are concerned about a potential war on a grander scale in ukraine as a whole country. the people are looking to the new government, and they are finding it wanting. we have heard a lot of complaints from people on the street today, but their new government doesn't know what it's doing. it may be because many of the new politicians are just that, they are new. they are not career politicians. they have to learn on the job. at the same time they deal with an external threat coming from russia. what we have in kiev is a lot of people who had hope for a new country, one swept away from the cronnyism that we saw with the viktor yanukovych presidency. the hope is whittled away for fears of an impending war. it's interesting to note that the government is trying to establish itself. the prime minister today appointed 18 regional governors, and that will yeahate a network taken away when the
phil ittner is in kiev focussing on that part of the story. >> here in kiev there's a sense of anxiety. people are concerned about what is happening in the east of the country in the crimean peninsula, but are concerned about a potential war on a grander scale in ukraine as a whole country. the people are looking to the new government, and they are finding it wanting. we have heard a lot of complaints from people on the street today, but their new government doesn't know what it's doing....
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in kiev and so on whether the nato. or individual member countries such as the united states will take the escalation and resort to an armed intervention in support of this push regime in kiev seems to me to be somewhat unlikely simply because that would bring them into direct conflict with another nuclear armed power the russian federation. however if you would have asked me if russia would take the steps to protect its national interests and restore stability to the ukraine a few days ago i would have also said it was unlikely so at this point anything is possible. information we have that a key of self appointed prime minister promises to rule in crimea is via tourist industry by blocking entry from russia belarus and to europe unless the russian troops leave or to make a i don't think it's anything that should really be taken very seriously at this point obviously there are much bigger issues. at stake. at this point then tourism we are looking at potential. conflict between states at this point so tourism is is the
in kiev and so on whether the nato. or individual member countries such as the united states will take the escalation and resort to an armed intervention in support of this push regime in kiev seems to me to be somewhat unlikely simply because that would bring them into direct conflict with another nuclear armed power the russian federation. however if you would have asked me if russia would take the steps to protect its national interests and restore stability to the ukraine a few days ago i...
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in control of kiev. openly fought with the chechens against the russians and quite loudly boast about how many russian tanks or how many troops they killed so this is actually you know in alliance of devils if you will that we have seen before and so it's really no surprise that in this situation that dmitri euro show again who is not only the right sector leader and in control of the paramilitaries that are basically in control of the streets of kiev at this moment but now he has yes been given a position on the. security and defense council as the deputy within this regime and russia can only regard this as a national security threat by this is all an international quick reminder now of a key development on ukraine russian senators have unanimously decided to allow the president to deploy troops to secure the safety of locals and russian citizens living there and let's have a quick listen to the statement. that's why they have having considered the appeal of the president of the russian federation and
in control of kiev. openly fought with the chechens against the russians and quite loudly boast about how many russian tanks or how many troops they killed so this is actually you know in alliance of devils if you will that we have seen before and so it's really no surprise that in this situation that dmitri euro show again who is not only the right sector leader and in control of the paramilitaries that are basically in control of the streets of kiev at this moment but now he has yes been...
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the anchor is suggesting these protests in kiev will spread to crimea. the battle for crimea isn't only on bases, it's also on the airways and it depends on who you watch. this 21-year-old is the anchor for crimea's post popular tatar station. tatars are crimea's largest ethnic minority. under communist rule they suffered a mass deportation. their allegiance is with the west. nationalities that weren't united before, she says, are all coming together against one enemy, the russians. at night they unite to guard their own neighborhoods. this man was one of the first tatars to move back here after deportation. he saying if soldiers won't help, he'll defend his family himself. for him the russians are not peace keepers, they are invaters. history might be repeating itself he says. clearly russia wants crimea back. and at -- the end of the day the russian presence is becoming more entrenched. >>> and we want to show you this footage. dramatic video of a tense standoff in crimea. about 300 unarmed uranian soldiers approaching an airfield. [ gunfire ] >> that
the anchor is suggesting these protests in kiev will spread to crimea. the battle for crimea isn't only on bases, it's also on the airways and it depends on who you watch. this 21-year-old is the anchor for crimea's post popular tatar station. tatars are crimea's largest ethnic minority. under communist rule they suffered a mass deportation. their allegiance is with the west. nationalities that weren't united before, she says, are all coming together against one enemy, the russians. at night...
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and across the east of ukraine thousands rally in a dozen cities against the current government in kiev shouting for russia slogans in failing to protect their land from nationalist groups. the leader of the ukrainian far right group called on international terrorist doku umarov the man behind multiple terror attacks across russia to join forces and step up attacks against moscow. and russia's federation council wants to recall a time basser to the us after threatening words from president obama. live from our senior center in moscow this is our two international with you twenty four hours a day we start with breaking news russia's upper house of parliament has voted unanimously to approve the deployment of armed forces in ukraine until the situation there stabilizes president putin has asked the senators to support the move because of the extraordinary situation in ukraine which represents a threat to the lives of russian citizens compatriots and the contingent of russian armed forces located in the autonomous republic of crimea according to an international treaty stated in the consti
and across the east of ukraine thousands rally in a dozen cities against the current government in kiev shouting for russia slogans in failing to protect their land from nationalist groups. the leader of the ukrainian far right group called on international terrorist doku umarov the man behind multiple terror attacks across russia to join forces and step up attacks against moscow. and russia's federation council wants to recall a time basser to the us after threatening words from president...
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fox reports live from kiev. we know we're not the center of your life, but we'll do our best to help you connect to what is. >>> more headlines from the fox news desk. north korea fired seven artillery shells into the ocean today. this is the third day of launches in a week. that's akorgd to defense officials in south korea. they called north korea's launches a reckless provocation. >>> back at home, the feds are suing sprint for overcharging on wiretap. they say the company collected an extra $21 million over more than three years. a sprint spokesman said the bills were fair and legal. the suit also reveals the drug enforcement administration spent the most on wiretap and they were followed by the fbi. >>> two stars of "the real housewives" pleaded guilty to fraud. remember these would guys? they previously had denied they lied on mortgage applications and hid their fortune from a bankruptcy filing. we will have much more coming up right after these messages. "shepard smith" reporting from kiev. [ male announce
fox reports live from kiev. we know we're not the center of your life, but we'll do our best to help you connect to what is. >>> more headlines from the fox news desk. north korea fired seven artillery shells into the ocean today. this is the third day of launches in a week. that's akorgd to defense officials in south korea. they called north korea's launches a reckless provocation. >>> back at home, the feds are suing sprint for overcharging on wiretap. they say the company...
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is ethnic russians and they're forced to ward off attacks from radical groups that came to power in kiev as a result of last week's coup now the russian president vladimir putin has addressed the parliament asking for support of potential military help let's now listen to what he's had to say because of the extraordinary situation in ukraine which represents a threat to the lives of russian citizens our compatriots and the contingent of russian armed forces located in the autonomous republic of crimea according to an international treaty stated in the constitution of the russian federation i asked the upper house of parliament for permission to use armed forces new crane until the situation there is stabilized the federation council unanimously approved the move it was specifically reiterated by both the senators and the presidential spokesman that the deployment was optional depending on the severity of the threat to the russian nationals living in the crimea and the south east territories you claim it simply gives the russian president the right to react promptly in case of infiltratio
is ethnic russians and they're forced to ward off attacks from radical groups that came to power in kiev as a result of last week's coup now the russian president vladimir putin has addressed the parliament asking for support of potential military help let's now listen to what he's had to say because of the extraordinary situation in ukraine which represents a threat to the lives of russian citizens our compatriots and the contingent of russian armed forces located in the autonomous republic of...
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and in control of kiev. openly faults with each actions against the russians and quite loudly boast about how many russian tanks or how many troops the kill. so this is actually about an alliance of doubles if you will that we've never seen before and so it's really no surprise that in this the situation that the dimitri your own shoe again who is not only the right sector leader and in control of the paramilitaries that are basically in control of the streets of kiev at this moment but now he has a night yes been given a position on security and defence counsel as a as the deputy within this regime and russia can only regard this as a national security threat mulligan reports of thousands of ukrainians seeking to flee the country applying for asylum in russia and the diva cup to know that all the points on the feeding a sense of panic now. people in ukraine are at the very war is of course there were eight as the year is rolling in ukraine answers so that the now clarity of what is happening in the country
and in control of kiev. openly faults with each actions against the russians and quite loudly boast about how many russian tanks or how many troops the kill. so this is actually about an alliance of doubles if you will that we've never seen before and so it's really no surprise that in this the situation that the dimitri your own shoe again who is not only the right sector leader and in control of the paramilitaries that are basically in control of the streets of kiev at this moment but now he...
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continuing future support for the new government in kiev. we may even see some references to the promise of financial aid as this new ukrainian government so desperately needs. we understand that the primary message from this statement is going to be the need for dialogue, the need of fact finding mission. but strong rhetoric condemning russian action, rhetoric used on his way into the meeting used by the swede irprime minister carl bildt. >> our condemnation of russia's occupation of crimea. of course, we also seek a political solution, but that would have to be based on the withdraw of russian forces, and taking back the threat of invasion of ukraine as a whole that was issued by the federation council. >> countries wanted to do more than strong words, what other action could they take? >> reporter: well, it's not clear, really, what the e.u. has at its disposal. what tools and weapons it has that would make the russians sit up and take notice at this moment. there is no talk of military on the table, and that would not be the e.u.'s busin
continuing future support for the new government in kiev. we may even see some references to the promise of financial aid as this new ukrainian government so desperately needs. we understand that the primary message from this statement is going to be the need for dialogue, the need of fact finding mission. but strong rhetoric condemning russian action, rhetoric used on his way into the meeting used by the swede irprime minister carl bildt. >> our condemnation of russia's occupation of...
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senator john king visiting here in kiev. take a look. [ gunfire ] >> a tense standoff between russian and ukrainian forces in crimea. the base has been surrounded by russian troops for the past few days. ukrainian commander walks unarmed towards the russians. two rifles pointed right at him. he's backed up by 300 of his own troops who are also unarmed. the exchange ends with words, not bullets. but it's an example of the tension in the region. russian forces have surrounded ten ukrainian military bases and later in the day warships from both ukraine and russia were headed toward crimea and as military tension increased so too did the rhetoric between the united states and russia. here in kiev, secretary of state kerry toured independence square, the site of so much bloodshed just last month and paid his respects at shrine for those killed in the protests. after meeting with ukraine's new leaders he turned to russia. >> it is clear that russia has been working hard to create a pretext for being able to invade further. russia'
senator john king visiting here in kiev. take a look. [ gunfire ] >> a tense standoff between russian and ukrainian forces in crimea. the base has been surrounded by russian troops for the past few days. ukrainian commander walks unarmed towards the russians. two rifles pointed right at him. he's backed up by 300 of his own troops who are also unarmed. the exchange ends with words, not bullets. but it's an example of the tension in the region. russian forces have surrounded ten ukrainian...
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in kiev had the upper hand. viktor yanovich onhe r. is ts shing ey c't take the progress for granted and it is not necessily win. >> yeah, that is absolutely ue, moan. the new government in kiev has a lot of challenges. the east is looking to russia for industrial reasons and for culture reasons. too cria foculte reasons and the black sea fleet, russia has a military interest here. the black fleet an hour from here and 15,000 forces there on their bases and russia wants to protect its interesting, interest in the military and the ethnic russians here. it is a very, very complicated time for a brand new government in kiev and balancing all of this. things are moving quickly. a brand new prime minister and parliament and new elections and referendums on crimea coming up. >> in fact, jennifer, things are moving so quickly, we are turning to phil with updates, phil, what are you hearing there on the ground? >> here in moscow , we are hearing, they are saying what they are trying to do, trying to aid in crea is a rep
in kiev had the upper hand. viktor yanovich onhe r. is ts shing ey c't take the progress for granted and it is not necessily win. >> yeah, that is absolutely ue, moan. the new government in kiev has a lot of challenges. the east is looking to russia for industrial reasons and for culture reasons. too cria foculte reasons and the black sea fleet, russia has a military interest here. the black fleet an hour from here and 15,000 forces there on their bases and russia wants to protect its...
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it considers what is happening in kiev a coup and believes that the people in kiev who are running the government are not legitimate. as you heard in jen's piece, some are saying that we shouldn't have russian soldiers, some are welcoming the russian soldiers, 60 or 70% of crimea is very much russian, there are 20 or 30% who look west. minorities. they do demand some kind of application from the government in kiev, and that's who they are looking for, for example now, but frankly the military is not giving it to them, the local government and nobody from the national government demonstrated an ability or willingness to defend the people looking to the west or kiev. now all power, it seems, in crimea switching to the east. >> they seem to be on their own. nick schifrin live for us. thank you. >> ukraine is preparing itself for a russian offensive. hundreds of men of all ages have gone to recruiting centres to volunteering their services. row is in kiev and spoke to some of them. >> ukrainians are preparing themselves for war. in kiev were there has already been so much bloodshed people
it considers what is happening in kiev a coup and believes that the people in kiev who are running the government are not legitimate. as you heard in jen's piece, some are saying that we shouldn't have russian soldiers, some are welcoming the russian soldiers, 60 or 70% of crimea is very much russian, there are 20 or 30% who look west. minorities. they do demand some kind of application from the government in kiev, and that's who they are looking for, for example now, but frankly the military...
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>> russia is testing the new government in kiev. i don't think russia wants to inprovide but they are dispatching troops in crimea. russia lost east ukraine. so russia is in a defensive posture in some respects and pushing and testing the kiev government just the way it did the georgian government in august 2008 before russia invaded georgia. >> you are from western eukrain and what do you think that the russians are doing? >> you have to rep the political situation, ukraine is one of the weakest moments in history. the country is essentially bankrupt. the government, the ex-president left, russia refused to recognize him as a leader. is a lot of reshuffling at the top in the armed forces and just recently, yesterday, the new leader, the new prime minister elected in crimea and the leader of the russian unity block and pro-russian political force and holding a rev referendum in may and what we could be seeing and this is a military inseeing and we are seeing the force. >> sir, there are reports that the troops are not just at the ai
>> russia is testing the new government in kiev. i don't think russia wants to inprovide but they are dispatching troops in crimea. russia lost east ukraine. so russia is in a defensive posture in some respects and pushing and testing the kiev government just the way it did the georgian government in august 2008 before russia invaded georgia. >> you are from western eukrain and what do you think that the russians are doing? >> you have to rep the political situation, ukraine...
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. >> let's go to phil ittner live from kiev, ukraine. you've been following this story from the very beginning. how does this play out in the big picture. >> reporter: this incident we're seeing play out is exactly the incident that the international community and the authorities here in kiev are gravely disturbed and are concerned about, and it is disturbing. the authorities here in kiev let's start with them. we have spoken to the defense ministry. they say that their forces, while they do have the order to return fire they feel that their lives are at risk, and their forces are showing extreme restraint in the face of what they call here in kiev russian provocations. they're trying not to let this spill over into something that no one can control, but this is a very pre precarious situation. we've heard from the international community about the potential for things quickly coming out of control. we heard from secretary of general, the united nations, ban ki-moon who said the longer this crisis continues, the greater the incident is t
. >> let's go to phil ittner live from kiev, ukraine. you've been following this story from the very beginning. how does this play out in the big picture. >> reporter: this incident we're seeing play out is exactly the incident that the international community and the authorities here in kiev are gravely disturbed and are concerned about, and it is disturbing. the authorities here in kiev let's start with them. we have spoken to the defense ministry. they say that their forces,...
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nick she run live in kiev, if you for that. we'll of course stay on top of this story the unfolding crisis in ukraine and russia's response throughout the day and line as well on al jazerra.com. think tweet me. i have been posting as best as i can. a short break more news and then i'll be back with an hour with more on the ukraine, thanks for being with us today, have a good day. al jazeera america. >>> you are watching al jazerra live from new york city i am jonathan betz with today's top stories. russian parliament has approved vladimir putin question for force in the ukraine. increasing its independence for days we have seen arnold men patrol the streets. u.s. ambassador to be u.n. told the security council the u.s. wants an immediate delight for of u.n. observers to ukraine the nato will meet tomorrow and we still address it on monday. there has been no official upon from the white house today. >>> chinaness estate media reports 27 people are dead after mass stabbings at a strain station. a group of men armed with knives bu
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this is just -- >> you are talking about demonstrations in kiev. >> not just kiev, western part of ukraine. all these mobsters looking from -- >> don't you think this has an internal conflict, an internal ukrainian conflict to be managed by ukrainians? >> that's true. this is exactly the position of russian authorities. that kiev has nothing to do with moscow. that this is internal conflict. ukraine was deeply divided country. and deeply divided nation. >> sure. >> this is practically two nations and two countries. and in case, this was my early warning, i am dealing with this problem for 25 years. and i warned, the day when nationalists will capture the power in kiev. >> as that's what you feel has happened here? good and this is the gij of the end of ukrainian statehood because the first action dks. >> why are they nationalist and people who saw for their own lives in their own futures a closer alliance from europe and moscow and russia? >> usually president putin say this many times. let's separate flies on burgers. because flies on burgers are not good. because on kiev, a lot of honest
this is just -- >> you are talking about demonstrations in kiev. >> not just kiev, western part of ukraine. all these mobsters looking from -- >> don't you think this has an internal conflict, an internal ukrainian conflict to be managed by ukrainians? >> that's true. this is exactly the position of russian authorities. that kiev has nothing to do with moscow. that this is internal conflict. ukraine was deeply divided country. and deeply divided nation. >> sure....
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kiev, the gates of kiev, historically essential to the russian vision of its own people and he is nothing else, you know, a russian believer in itself destiny, its history and he is there to restore it after the fall of the soviet empire and he's called the great tragedy of the 20th century and he's not walking away from this and, yeah. he's clever like a fox as somebody in the white house put it to me. is he out of touch with reality? yes they say in the sense that he keeps surrounding himself with yes men in the kgb, former kgb officers who give him bad intelligence, who tell him that there are conspiracies in the west but he also knows how to stir up trouble and go after what he wants. >> and the trouble continues. we're watching it closely. carl, appreciate you being on tonight. fareed, as well. coming up tonight, inside independence square. a day in the life of the square, if you will. a site of stroch violence and now a shrine to those who lost their lives. we'll be right back. cut! [bell rings] this...is jane. her long day on set starts with shoulder pain... ...and a choice take 6
kiev, the gates of kiev, historically essential to the russian vision of its own people and he is nothing else, you know, a russian believer in itself destiny, its history and he is there to restore it after the fall of the soviet empire and he's called the great tragedy of the 20th century and he's not walking away from this and, yeah. he's clever like a fox as somebody in the white house put it to me. is he out of touch with reality? yes they say in the sense that he keeps surrounding himself...
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reporting tonight live from kiev in ukraine. a day of an extraordinary developments here on the ground on the diplomatic front with senator john kerry visiting this very spot, this very ground to pay respects to those that died here and crimea where we have correspondents and we'll get to all of that in the hour ahead. but i first want to set the keen here in the square. give you a sense of where we are. right now, we are on the edge of the independence square, one of the several roads that actually leads to the square. this is the first checkpoint, the first block aid that's still in effect. as we mentioned last night, protesters are still camping out here. you can see about a half dozen of them right here huddled before a fire trying to stay warm against the cold night air. it is about 3:00 a.m. here on wednesday morning. they are here because they refuse to leave until they say they see changes in the new interim government here in ukraine. the old president fled. you know that. he's now in russia. there's a new government he
reporting tonight live from kiev in ukraine. a day of an extraordinary developments here on the ground on the diplomatic front with senator john kerry visiting this very spot, this very ground to pay respects to those that died here and crimea where we have correspondents and we'll get to all of that in the hour ahead. but i first want to set the keen here in the square. give you a sense of where we are. right now, we are on the edge of the independence square, one of the several roads that...
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kiev administration. remember, too, the prime minister is going to washington tomorrow and i think the plea from yanukovych and americans not to recognize the current kiev administration frankly is not going to hold any water at all and certainly not paid heed to. the initial reaction in the room with people watching the speech on television shook their heads and smiled. reality is that yanukovych really is yesterday's man certainly as far as kiev is concerned. and if you recall the news conference that vladimir putin gave last week he admitted it was extremely unlikely that yanukovych would be able to resume power here. as you heard in the address he gave in russia he believes that he remains the president, he remains the commander-in-chief and he says how realistic it is, we can only judge and says he would like at some point to return here to kiev. i don't think realistically he is going to be able to do that. >> you mentioned those pleas that he was making to the united states, but he didn't just have
kiev administration. remember, too, the prime minister is going to washington tomorrow and i think the plea from yanukovych and americans not to recognize the current kiev administration frankly is not going to hold any water at all and certainly not paid heed to. the initial reaction in the room with people watching the speech on television shook their heads and smiled. reality is that yanukovych really is yesterday's man certainly as far as kiev is concerned. and if you recall the news...
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do you think the people in kiev are happy. to see it we're not turning violent if something looks suspicious we. also questions as long as we get all in says it means everything's ok. hello what are you transporting me what chicken meat i see you have doctrines for the goods. yeah ok welcome to sevastopol go on. we have nothing to hide and everyone knows our faces just of a stumble is a small town why would we hide them. besides we're not doing anything illegal it's a totally peaceful act it isn't against the little. we're just expressing oh we'll . they did leave with the economic up and downs in the final months they belong to the old sang night and the rest that life is a neat take it will be a briefly a. right to see. first street. and i think you're. on our reporters twitter. and instagram. be in the know. someone thing feed the europeans who are so pro my done and so supportive of all those people who actually stood there and some of them paid for it by their lights well i mean i think i think you're hitting this is alwa
do you think the people in kiev are happy. to see it we're not turning violent if something looks suspicious we. also questions as long as we get all in says it means everything's ok. hello what are you transporting me what chicken meat i see you have doctrines for the goods. yeah ok welcome to sevastopol go on. we have nothing to hide and everyone knows our faces just of a stumble is a small town why would we hide them. besides we're not doing anything illegal it's a totally peaceful act it...
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phil ittner joins us now from kiev. phil, while the monitoring team makes its way there, you had a chance to speak with u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon. what did he have to say? >> reporter: well, morgan, you're right, we did have exclusive access to ban ki-moon as he took a tour of the memorials on maidan square and independent square where many of the clashes too took place to oust president viktor yanukovych. it was a poignant moment with the flowers, the candles, and pictures of those who died. he stopped at a memorial for the ukrainian activist who was shot dead by a sniper. he gave a little prayer. as he walked out, he stopped and did have a brief word with him. he said that he felt that the people who had come out on that square were very courageous for what they had done, and that he wanted to show that he had compassion for those people. but he is also here, morgan, to send a very clear message to the new government in kiev that they need to start working on a line of communication with moscow. moscow does n
phil ittner joins us now from kiev. phil, while the monitoring team makes its way there, you had a chance to speak with u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon. what did he have to say? >> reporter: well, morgan, you're right, we did have exclusive access to ban ki-moon as he took a tour of the memorials on maidan square and independent square where many of the clashes too took place to oust president viktor yanukovych. it was a poignant moment with the flowers, the candles, and pictures of...
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it's not only about those who were in service before the uprising happens there in kiev. the former chief commander in chief of ukraine's navy fleet who was appointed by the new in kiev after the uprising you know says that the only all orders will take will come from also the local authorities here in the crimea. i. swear allegiance to the people of the autonomous republic of crimea and the city of sevastopol i swear to strictly comply with the orders of the supreme commander of crimea and the commanders of military units approved by him as well as with the requirements of military regulations i swear to honorably perform my duty and protect the life and freedom of the residents of crimea and the city of sevastopol . meanwhile it seems support within the military off in your thirty's in kiev is declining even in western parts of the country there are reports that several special force brigades have refused to fulfill your orders to march on the crimea here on the peninsula most of the zero local military bases in arsenals are now under the complete control of local autho
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they felt a lot of unease about what is going on in kiev. they've been watching television reports for months calling the now government thieves, thugs, fascists. they have created roadblocks to protect themselves from these people. and we have seen armed men and their military uniforms with no distinguishing insignificant knee i can't iininsignificaninst building until a few hours ago. a lot going on here. and now with russia authorizing force, russia, of course, crimea with 15,000 russian forces. already in the region now they have authorization from the parliament to move around here. move around more freely. i think we may see more of them on the streets and certainly more open. >> reporting live for us from ukraine. jennifer, thank you for being with us. meanwhile over in kiev political leaders have been criticizing what they call russian provocation. al jazeera's tim friend gives us an over view. >> reporter: now the tension is rising not just in crimea but elsewhere in ukraine. pro russian supporters turned out in large numbers. first
they felt a lot of unease about what is going on in kiev. they've been watching television reports for months calling the now government thieves, thugs, fascists. they have created roadblocks to protect themselves from these people. and we have seen armed men and their military uniforms with no distinguishing insignificant knee i can't iininsignificaninst building until a few hours ago. a lot going on here. and now with russia authorizing force, russia, of course, crimea with 15,000 russian...
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crimea no longer under kiev's command the local authorities claim oh it's ukrainian troops stationed on the peninsula and either points or joined local defense birds. resistance to rules from. the south east of ukraine with protests and doesn't sit as against the far right national lead taking up power up to the curb. also this week saw the news diplomatic swordplay between venezuela and the united states as deadly clashes in caracas and beyond seen washington accused of fueling the trouble . under controversial christian group patrols the streets of london and claiming it will stick around aggressively islamification that's local community leaders feel. really just. the latest news on the week's top stories you're watching the week here on our seem to national with me here in ash and welcome to the problem ukraine's southern republic of crimea is becoming even more disconnected from the new national authorities in kiev the latest reports such as the ukrainian troops stationed on the but in either quitting on my ass or putting themselves under the sole command of crimea as leaders th
crimea no longer under kiev's command the local authorities claim oh it's ukrainian troops stationed on the peninsula and either points or joined local defense birds. resistance to rules from. the south east of ukraine with protests and doesn't sit as against the far right national lead taking up power up to the curb. also this week saw the news diplomatic swordplay between venezuela and the united states as deadly clashes in caracas and beyond seen washington accused of fueling the trouble ....
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correspondent tim friend also been listening in to the press conference in kiev. tim, hearing the hague talking about keeping up diplomatic pressure on the situation there in ukraine, talking specifically about the russians of course. >> yes, and he said the uk is not considering a military option. i think that was pretty self evident but now it's from the lips of the foreign minister. the diplomatic route is that everyone i think more or less wants to go down. fascinating but as the british foreign secretary was talking in geneva the russian foreign minist minister laverof was saying we need to be calm and we need to pursue political, diplomatic channels. but of course the gulf between them in ideology is huge, remains so. the russians see what happened here in kiev as an illegitimate over throwing of an elected president yanukovych who of course fled the country as a result of demonstrations here and the culminations and the killings in the square. russians say they have gone to crime yeah and said this repeatedly to protect their ethnic, russian-speaking ukrain
correspondent tim friend also been listening in to the press conference in kiev. tim, hearing the hague talking about keeping up diplomatic pressure on the situation there in ukraine, talking specifically about the russians of course. >> yes, and he said the uk is not considering a military option. i think that was pretty self evident but now it's from the lips of the foreign minister. the diplomatic route is that everyone i think more or less wants to go down. fascinating but as the...
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kiev. whether the russian also reinforce those or keep the airports closed, we're not sure. >> you mentioned how worried the crimeaens are, but how worried is the interim government in kiev right now? >> reporter: very concerned. as soon as this passed in moscow, in kiev they called together the security council and are meeting in the coming minutes to try to figure out what to do. it's a very young government in kiev. an awful lot of challenges in front of the economic challeng challenges. of course a human challenge with the military from russia authorizing the use of force not only in crimea, but also as you heard phil ittner say on the territory of ukraine. the country is eas earn eastern. you have 40% of the population is ethnic russian. then you also have the black feet with forces with that. it's a complicated situation for the new government of kiev. only 48 hours old, facing a lot of challenges. and now this military challenge on top of it. and certainly must be a very, very worryi
kiev. whether the russian also reinforce those or keep the airports closed, we're not sure. >> you mentioned how worried the crimeaens are, but how worried is the interim government in kiev right now? >> reporter: very concerned. as soon as this passed in moscow, in kiev they called together the security council and are meeting in the coming minutes to try to figure out what to do. it's a very young government in kiev. an awful lot of challenges in front of the economic challeng...
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in, in kiev, it's different. this is like a paternity case with each side calling the other side illegitimate. in the kiev, you have revolutionary fervor strong in the streets. behind me, there is a speaker in independence square. it is still occupied by demonstrators. here, people are worked up about what's going on the crimea. they say they will not allow it to happen. what's not clear is just how far these revolutionaries here in kiev will go after fighting a revolution in order to take their country back. in order to keep it in tact, it's not clear just how far, whether this will go to violence. there is no country offering military aid here, and as you just pointed out and as simon pointed out, sanctions are just being offered by the u.s. and not entirely agreed to elsewhere. we had julio, the prime minister and i talked to her. she said strong sanctions were what was needed to criminal russia. >> does not seem to be forthcoming. this is a stand off so far without an end. up to now, russia has managed to occ
in, in kiev, it's different. this is like a paternity case with each side calling the other side illegitimate. in the kiev, you have revolutionary fervor strong in the streets. behind me, there is a speaker in independence square. it is still occupied by demonstrators. here, people are worked up about what's going on the crimea. they say they will not allow it to happen. what's not clear is just how far these revolutionaries here in kiev will go after fighting a revolution in order to take...
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international the rise of radicalism in kiev and plans in the southern. republic of crimea to hold a referendum on its old tanami with one of the options being to join russia. and western nations accusing russia of interfering in crimea threatening sanctions while quietly deliberating over which sanctions they can afford to impose. and clouds of smoke a hail of rubber bullets tear gas as well the daily ritual for venezuelan riot police after more than a month of trying to calm the unrest on the streets of caracas. international celebrating the birthday of yuri gagarin the first man in space we break open some of the myths and mysteries behind the legend. of the top stories of the week and today this is the weekly on r.t. international i'm rule resewn thanks for joining us it's been two weeks now since ukraine's new wealth already took over of course following a coup that threatened the very integrity of the nation and this week leaks conversation raised chilling questions as to how exactly the new government seized power here's part of the exchange betwee
international the rise of radicalism in kiev and plans in the southern. republic of crimea to hold a referendum on its old tanami with one of the options being to join russia. and western nations accusing russia of interfering in crimea threatening sanctions while quietly deliberating over which sanctions they can afford to impose. and clouds of smoke a hail of rubber bullets tear gas as well the daily ritual for venezuelan riot police after more than a month of trying to calm the unrest on the...
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and phil ittner in kiev. we are now understanding that there has been a travel ban put in the place for travel back and forth from russia. tell us what you know about that. >> this has just come out of the russian foreign ministry. their reaction to the increase in the sanctions program is to place a visa ban, a travel restriction on some high-ranking members of the u.s. political scene, including john boehner, harry reid and john mccain. there are other names on that list, but it is interesting to note they have not responded with the sanctions program as many feared they would. but instead, they are trying to restrict americans who might try and come over to moscow, even if they are trying to come for diplomatic means. so that has been the reaction so far. >> and mike, this has been the concern all along from the hawks on capitol hill who say the white house is not doing enough. we are involved in a diplomatic tit for at the russia has boots on the ground. crimea is part of russia and the eu and united stat
and phil ittner in kiev. we are now understanding that there has been a travel ban put in the place for travel back and forth from russia. tell us what you know about that. >> this has just come out of the russian foreign ministry. their reaction to the increase in the sanctions program is to place a visa ban, a travel restriction on some high-ranking members of the u.s. political scene, including john boehner, harry reid and john mccain. there are other names on that list, but it is...
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kiev is causing the trouble. we have order and peace here in crimea and kiev is causing the trouble. don't intrude, please. we will figure it out for ourselves. >> reporter: and he's glad that the russians are here. >> translator: russia here is a guarantor of order so that europe doesn't interfere and kiev doesn't interfere. they are securing ordinary, we feel safe because of these russian troops. as far as i know the crimean public asked for russian help. they are not hurting anyone. >> reporter: he is particularly upset that the news of the new government in kiev is calling on men to fight. he says he won't even though he's supposed to. >> translator: i'm a military reservist and now they've announced condescription and would i have to fight against my fellow crimeans. they're trying to make me fight against my own people! >> reporter: the militia won't let us past to get past the camp gate so the priest comes to us. >> translator: they say they want our troops to vendor, this surrender. this is absurd. >> rep
kiev is causing the trouble. we have order and peace here in crimea and kiev is causing the trouble. don't intrude, please. we will figure it out for ourselves. >> reporter: and he's glad that the russians are here. >> translator: russia here is a guarantor of order so that europe doesn't interfere and kiev doesn't interfere. they are securing ordinary, we feel safe because of these russian troops. as far as i know the crimean public asked for russian help. they are not hurting...
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the mission was requested by pro-western authorities in kiev. that's scheduled to last until march 12th. >>> social media has played a huge role in the crisis of ukraine from government officials and traditional press to the protesters themselves. twitter, facebook and other social media is being used to talk about it, and in some cases propel and move forward the rapidly changing events. photos and videos are being posted online for the world to see. take a look at this from catarina, a 22-year-old ukrainian activist, who has been live tweeting from kiev since november. >> reporter: social media has played a huge role. to be honest at least at one moment on december 11th when a crackdown in maidan was taking place, it seemed to me that social media and facebook, they were th the decisive moments. when we started sharing the message. this is a perfect explanation of what social media played here on maidan. this is sharing information, of sharing alarming messages and to bring people together, and to bring people together to solve our problems. >
the mission was requested by pro-western authorities in kiev. that's scheduled to last until march 12th. >>> social media has played a huge role in the crisis of ukraine from government officials and traditional press to the protesters themselves. twitter, facebook and other social media is being used to talk about it, and in some cases propel and move forward the rapidly changing events. photos and videos are being posted online for the world to see. take a look at this from catarina,...
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mcclove lynn and ian lee live in ukraine's capital city, kiev. this hour the white house trying to add to pressure on russia. president obama reaching out to allies by phone one day after he spent 90 minutes on the phone with the russian president vladimir putin. u.s. correspondent michelle kosinski joins us now. michigan, the white house, what is the mood? what are they saying? >> it has been a busy weekend. president obama has been actively working on this today. he's been briefed by his security team. as you mentioned, later on he'll take calls with allies. the uk, poland and lithuania. earlier today, secretary of state john kerry making the rounds doing interviews and using very strong words. yesterday he called russia's actions an invasion, occupation. today an incredible brazen act of aggression. he said these are not the actions of a g-8 nation. if it persists, other nations won't participate in the g-8 meeting in russia. some lawmakers have been calling for a stronger response because already we've seen the u.s., canada and now the uk pul
mcclove lynn and ian lee live in ukraine's capital city, kiev. this hour the white house trying to add to pressure on russia. president obama reaching out to allies by phone one day after he spent 90 minutes on the phone with the russian president vladimir putin. u.s. correspondent michelle kosinski joins us now. michigan, the white house, what is the mood? what are they saying? >> it has been a busy weekend. president obama has been actively working on this today. he's been briefed by...
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envoy robert surrey, what are you hearing about it in kiev? >> reporter: well, it's been very interesting in kiev to monitor what their reaction has been to events in crimea. let's remember, the source on that is the kiev, ukrainian, foreign ministry. they say when they approached the special envoy, they said they were acting under orders. that draws into line what the ukrainians have been saying all along. those paramilitary groups are actually russian soldiers acting in direct order from moscow. that contradict what is russian foreign minister lahborov said a few hours ago. >> we do not have any power over them. they do not listen to our orders. but the russian military force notice black sea fleet are placed at the right spots and special alert measures have been adopted to control the black sea fleet because as the president said we are not going to allow any blood to be spilled. >> reporter: now we have to be very careful where the sourcing of this comes from. all those with an interest in what is happening at ukraine are looking at this
envoy robert surrey, what are you hearing about it in kiev? >> reporter: well, it's been very interesting in kiev to monitor what their reaction has been to events in crimea. let's remember, the source on that is the kiev, ukrainian, foreign ministry. they say when they approached the special envoy, they said they were acting under orders. that draws into line what the ukrainians have been saying all along. those paramilitary groups are actually russian soldiers acting in direct order...
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in a crew in kiev. approves a potential troop deployment in ukraine as a threat to russia not that it's such a pity for help from the predominantly russian populated region of crimea. and also in this week's news diplomatic gets sold play between venezuela and the united states as deadly clashes in caracas and beyond the sea where children accused of using the troubled. classical christian group patrol the streets in london claiming to stand off aggressive islamification but local community leaders fear it stoking greedy just tensions. the latest news on the week's top stories we're watching the international with me you know thanks for joining us. ukrainian troops stationed in crimea reportedly posed and siding with local authorities there refusing to comply with orders coming from kiev and if it is in the autonomous capital simferopol let's listen in. the ukrainian military stationed here in the crimea are divided some of them gave up their weapons left arsenals and reported to key of the big quiett t
in a crew in kiev. approves a potential troop deployment in ukraine as a threat to russia not that it's such a pity for help from the predominantly russian populated region of crimea. and also in this week's news diplomatic gets sold play between venezuela and the united states as deadly clashes in caracas and beyond the sea where children accused of using the troubled. classical christian group patrol the streets in london claiming to stand off aggressive islamification but local community...
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but you know the problem with the kiev government. the west says or they made a mistake canceling the status of russian necessary jinnah language or they made a mistake by taking in members of the suborder party into the government to suborder you need it was called national soul szell part of ukraine you understand that this is a euphemism for national soldier this body of ukraine but i would say that this reminds me or the soviet mentality they always said that started made mistakes the nature of stalin was criminal in there were he the same way i see a lot of people in budget if she and i see a lot of people who are also all diehard extremist nationalists and this is the nature of this regime to cancel the status of russian language in the regions or to take out a nationalist into the government this is no mistake this is their character ok michael let's focus on the state department here what were they thinking what was victoria nuland thinking that she was going to pull this off i mean it's really amateur behavior i've never seen
but you know the problem with the kiev government. the west says or they made a mistake canceling the status of russian necessary jinnah language or they made a mistake by taking in members of the suborder party into the government to suborder you need it was called national soul szell part of ukraine you understand that this is a euphemism for national soldier this body of ukraine but i would say that this reminds me or the soviet mentality they always said that started made mistakes the...
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kiev is seeing it is as a result of instigators sent there my mos -- by moscow. they are saying it is a pretext to disruptions and stoke up the tensions between the pro western and pro russian and some sort of incident that will then give the russians the excuse to march in and protect the ethnic russians and moscow is denying all of there. there are these conflicts and the fights and the instability in the east and has everybody deeply concerned here in kiev tonight. >> thank you, phil, for being us. >> in venezuela, the president is warning the protestor he's soon using the arm to clear out the demonstrations. >> just hours after issuing that very ultimatum the clashes breaking out between the antigovernment demonstrators and the police and the anger over unemployment and crime and lack of goods and services is fuelling the venezuelian divide. >> syrian rebels and forces are continuing to fight over the city north of damascus and removing the weaponing and making the city important for the opposition. now the government is conducted air strikes against rebels f
kiev is seeing it is as a result of instigators sent there my mos -- by moscow. they are saying it is a pretext to disruptions and stoke up the tensions between the pro western and pro russian and some sort of incident that will then give the russians the excuse to march in and protect the ethnic russians and moscow is denying all of there. there are these conflicts and the fights and the instability in the east and has everybody deeply concerned here in kiev tonight. >> thank you, phil,...
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our teams are in kiev and the regional capital of crimea, sim verm. simferopol. jennifer glasse is there. >> stability to crimea, what that means he doesn't know. he refused to give up. then more russians arrived, truckloads of them. the colonel watches and tells someone, they're here. the ukrainians move an armed vehicle to their gate. but there will be no reenforcements. no one is coming from kiev he tells me i'm alone me and my brigade, we'll do what we can and we'll see, we'll see. >> the expander in his brigade says we'll see if there's going to be war. then the troops come in on foot. some sifnlts tried to stop. but -- civilians tried to stop. the armies just feet from one another. until we have a standoff, ukrainian troops, there are russian troops all around here. they came in earlier and told the commander to give up the base. he said he wouldn't, and now they're standing against each other. they still want the ukrainians to lay down their arms. no deal says the colonel. if they enter the area of the base i'll have to shoot, he tells me. an offer of nego
our teams are in kiev and the regional capital of crimea, sim verm. simferopol. jennifer glasse is there. >> stability to crimea, what that means he doesn't know. he refused to give up. then more russians arrived, truckloads of them. the colonel watches and tells someone, they're here. the ukrainians move an armed vehicle to their gate. but there will be no reenforcements. no one is coming from kiev he tells me i'm alone me and my brigade, we'll do what we can and we'll see, we'll see....
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remember, they are not in control of streets of kiev. you have people on the streets. >> what are the options at is this point. >> i think the options are to go back to the negotiating table if they can to role back the clock to a power sharing arrangement that does not disenfranchise the people in the south and east, not just crimea, but those that elected viktor yanukovych. you cannot weaken the authority of a government by seizing power from the streets, including violent people out there. >> if russia has no interest working with the government, it feels that it should not be in power, that viktor yanukovych was independently elected, what can the ukraine government do in that case? >> i think moscow is not going to negotiate directly with the administration in kiev. we'll have to have negotiation among ukrainians go back to where we were on february 21st, where the opposition that now styles itself taungts to people if not the mist riff of viktor yanukovych to people representing the constitutional order in ukraine as the russians s
remember, they are not in control of streets of kiev. you have people on the streets. >> what are the options at is this point. >> i think the options are to go back to the negotiating table if they can to role back the clock to a power sharing arrangement that does not disenfranchise the people in the south and east, not just crimea, but those that elected viktor yanukovych. you cannot weaken the authority of a government by seizing power from the streets, including violent people...
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and elsewhere well kiev has. already announced that it considers the he puts regime in kiev considers the government of the prime minister in the crimea to be illegitimate i think this is a little bit of casting stones because i think it's clear to everyone involved that the government in the crimea at this point has far more public legitimacy at the very least then the porch that has seized control in kiev they have made it clear that they will not accept the results of the referendum that they will not accept crimea being allowed to join russia that they do not accept the government in the crimea at all and basically they don't accept the people of the crimea are marks about international affairs expert thank you so much for joining us here in international and giving us your view on the situation in ukraine and crimea for having me meanwhile ukraine struggling to find a path from the turmoil mourning the dozens who were killed in the bloodshed which rocked the streets of kiev several weeks ago how. these image
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because foreign ministry accuses the new authorities in kiev of trying to destabilize crimea while russia's parliament calls on president putin to defend the residents of the autonomous republic from violence. meanwhile one ukrainian nationalist m.p. makes an atomic threat saying the country could to reconceive base international agreements and replenish its nuclear arsenal within months. international news and comment live from last go with me you know thanks for joining us. and we start with breaking news from the south of ukraine right now in crimea there was an attempt to count administrative buildings by on demand sent by the new authorities in kiev the prime minister of crimea has responded by taking control of all the security forces in the republic calling on them to ignore orders from kiev and asking russia to support to ensure peace in the printings humor and. is following the developments and joins us now live from. the situation like where you are in the moment. well groups of gunman from kiev attempted to capture several government buildings here in the crimea fired to arms and
because foreign ministry accuses the new authorities in kiev of trying to destabilize crimea while russia's parliament calls on president putin to defend the residents of the autonomous republic from violence. meanwhile one ukrainian nationalist m.p. makes an atomic threat saying the country could to reconceive base international agreements and replenish its nuclear arsenal within months. international news and comment live from last go with me you know thanks for joining us. and we start with...
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here in kiev they're saying that the russians clearly have violated that truce. del. >> phil, as we see those images and hear that anger in the voices of so many people there, this is what russian president vladimir putin yesterday said he was trying to prevent. how are they reacting right now in kiev and the rest of ukraine concerning what we are seeing in crimea? >> reporter: well, they're reacting angrily, very angrily, as a matter of fact. there have been a couple of incidents, actually. this is not the first such incident. there was a shooting a couple of -- not -- lass night there was a shooting in which a ukrainian officer was shot and killed. today in an emergency cabinet meeting there was a moment of silence for him, and then following that, the acting prime minister sent a delegation out to crimea consisting of a vice prime minister and the defense minister himself. the intention was to de-escalate things. of course, the crimean authorities don't recognize the government here in kiev. so they refused to let that plan -- that plane land. that delegation
here in kiev they're saying that the russians clearly have violated that truce. del. >> phil, as we see those images and hear that anger in the voices of so many people there, this is what russian president vladimir putin yesterday said he was trying to prevent. how are they reacting right now in kiev and the rest of ukraine concerning what we are seeing in crimea? >> reporter: well, they're reacting angrily, very angrily, as a matter of fact. there have been a couple of incidents,...
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conditionality if the puts regime in kiev starts to agree to the. conditionality attached with the i.m.f. and the e.u. association agreement also the retirement age will drop by five years the price of gasoline will drop by almost half so there's a lot of reasons in terms of economic and personal security for many ukrainians and qatar's to choose to want to be part of the russian federation rather than ukraine sure as old as we can see there are a lot of economic interests they're involved now going back to the reaction from western governments to this vote as we established earlier and they didn't recognize it as legitimate and also they're saying the vote took place under military pressure what do you make of this well. this of course is a completely hypocritical and double standard argument. the putsch rado that has been assembled literally as the rada in kiev was under siege by armed ultra nationalist paramilitary and continues to be quote unquote guarded by them that was done under force of arms. elections in iraq afghanistan libya after u.s. a
conditionality if the puts regime in kiev starts to agree to the. conditionality attached with the i.m.f. and the e.u. association agreement also the retirement age will drop by five years the price of gasoline will drop by almost half so there's a lot of reasons in terms of economic and personal security for many ukrainians and qatar's to choose to want to be part of the russian federation rather than ukraine sure as old as we can see there are a lot of economic interests they're involved now...
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phil itner from the ukrainian capital. >> john, kiev is a very troubled city. the army that russia has on ukraine's border to the north and to the east. as a result kiev has sent security forces along those borders and certainly to the border crossing. the fear that kiev has is that russia may try to send in agitators, a kind of fifth column to set things up should there be an escalation of tensions. they've also been speaking to business leaders here. even though there's a threat of war there, there is a real understanding in keybank that they have to get the government functioning. -- in kiev that they have to get the government functioning. to try to get them to chip in. all the wile the international community is looking to what they can do. there's talk of travel restrictions for the russians. and there's the expected arrival of secretary of state john kerry who many ukrainians hope will be carrying with him a stimulus package. >> many say it's the american foreign policy who shares in the blame. john mccain, a vocal critic of the policy. >> secretary of s
phil itner from the ukrainian capital. >> john, kiev is a very troubled city. the army that russia has on ukraine's border to the north and to the east. as a result kiev has sent security forces along those borders and certainly to the border crossing. the fear that kiev has is that russia may try to send in agitators, a kind of fifth column to set things up should there be an escalation of tensions. they've also been speaking to business leaders here. even though there's a threat of war...
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nothing passes the last test as a functioning government in kiev. so other than a negotiation that tries to balance differences of opinion within ukraine and interests of outside actors like the european union and russia, i don't see what alternative there is but get bag being to the negotiating table. >> do you get the impression that russia is serious about negotiating? i know you think that's what they are implying when they speak to the u.n. but when you look at the soldiers they have deployed, when you look at vladimir putin's efforts to get the authorization to sends more soldiers there, does that not raise the concern that indeed russia may be willing to take a part of ukraine? >> i think that possibility exists but i honestly don't think that is their major object tich right now. i think they did look on with a great deal of consternation over what they regarded as an illegal take over in kiev that mr. yanukovych who frankly mr. fight unis not particularly fond of is still the legitimate president. i think they looked at that and say, all ri
nothing passes the last test as a functioning government in kiev. so other than a negotiation that tries to balance differences of opinion within ukraine and interests of outside actors like the european union and russia, i don't see what alternative there is but get bag being to the negotiating table. >> do you get the impression that russia is serious about negotiating? i know you think that's what they are implying when they speak to the u.n. but when you look at the soldiers they have...